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This beautifully updated Lafayette trail neighborhood home is located near downtown with a convenient walk to park, trail and schools. 3382 Moraga Boulevard, Lafayette There are two bedrooms and two full bathrooms within the 1,165 square feet on .29 acres of land.  A recently expanded master bed...

It is bad enough I get the phone calls for lead generation and now seeing it here all the time is a bit much.  It seems as though every time I log in Reply.com is on the head of the Blogs channel.  Is active rain getting some action on the side from this company or what??? Who else is tired of se...

Over the years I tend to see my sales activity at its slowest during the month of December for many reasons. I don't fight it, I just use it to my advantage and take the extra time to prepare for the next year.  Doing continuing education, marketing design, revamping marketing tools and mentally ...

The new law extends until April 30, 2010.  This is the new deadline for closing escrow for first-time homebuyers to receive a credit worth up to $8,000. The credit was going to expire Nov. 30. It also adds a credit worth up to $6,500 for taxpayers who buy a replacement primary home provided they ...

I am interested in hearing what people say to this question. I am looking for new ideas on how to answer this question when interviewing for a listing.  Hopefully there will be some ways to improve my presentation. I do not think that it is just a simple answer either.   I think that there are ma...

Every year we dread the winter market.  As it is statistically much slower than the spring/summer/fall markets.  Secondly who likes showing homes in the rain or on Christmas day? Joking aside, I am curious to what people think our winter market will be like?  Does it appear that we will be repeat...

Now Chase, They are impossible to make contact with, they continue to put you off and never give you a straight answer. I would love to hear some positive results dealing with this bank.  Any info would be appreciated as it has been months of waiting for an negotiator.  

If you are new to the business or you are stuck in mediocre to low sales volume land then you will want to note this. Most of you probably already know this secret, but you may have forgotten. Client Base is the single most important factor to how successful you will be. Build your client base by...

I was thinking about this tonight as I know that in some areas of our County, homes are actually selling for 30% of what they were valued or selling at just a few years ago. With our economy in such turmoil it appears that home values are suffering more than I would think due to people not having...

UPDATED TWO STORY CONDO IN GATED COMPLEX. 1200+ S.F., CENT A/C, DUAL PANE WINDOWS, INSIDE LAUNDRY, SKYLIGHTS, VAULTED CEILINGS, FIREPLACE AND SWIMMING POOL. VERY CONVENIENT LOCATION NEAR BART AND FREEWAY ACCESS. REAR DECK HAS QUIET PRIVATE WOODED SETTING. James CollinsRealtor since 1998DRE#01233...